quantifier
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈkwɒntɪfaɪər/
- Specialized
- The teacher explained that a quantifier is a word that tells us how much or how many.
- quantifier word
- quantifier question
- small quantifiers
Examples
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In English grammar, words like many and few are considered quantifiers.
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— Uses a few quantifiers: two, some, a lot
Academic text (2004) -
The quantity represents the quantifier of the resources involved in the flow.
Academic text (2003) -
Another special case is pulling out an existential quantifier.
Academic text (2012) -
They need to know it well, especially the quantifiers in the question.
Fiction book (2000) -
In other words, for each (set of) quantifier(s) of a resource, the planned usage is recorded.
Academic text (2003) -
Context effects have been demonstrated for some types of adverbial quantifiers.
Academic text (1990) -
Attention then focused on developing the child's comprehension of numerical equivalents by using appropriate quantifiers (e.g., "as many? as?").
Academic text (2014) -
Examples of quantifiers include some, all, and none.
Synonyms
A word or symbol that shows how many things a sentence talks about, like 'some', 'all'
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.9
A symbol or word in logic that shows at least one thing meets a condition
- Specialized
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9.7
A symbol that shows a statement is true for every member of a group
- Specialized
A word or symbol that shows how many things a sentence talks about, like 'some', 'all'
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Quantifier comes from the Latin root quantus, which means 'how much' and is the same root as quantity. So in grammar a quantifier is a word like 'some', 'many' or 'fifteen' that tells you 'how much' or 'how many' of something.